Sentence examples for were to stage from inspiring English sources

If we were to stage a contest for waiters, we would hold an "undivided attention contest".

The quickest ways out — if Mr. Assad were to leave, or if insiders were to stage a coup — also seem highly unlikely, analysts said.

Even if he were to stage a shock comeback and snatch victory from the jaws of certain defeat this weekend, he and his republican Treasurer have already publicly agreed to a handover of power by 2009.

The CIA had trained Cuban exiles in Guatemala and flown them to Florida, whence they were to stage an invasion of Cuba in expectation of a popular revolt there.

The calculus goes something like this: If the south were to stage a counterattack or up the ante militarily, the north could accuse it of violating the peace treaty, signed in 2005, that set out the terms for southern independence.

Creed is a musician of sorts – he regularly plays with his own indie rock band and has released CDs – but his entry into the orchestral field is as unexpected as if, say, Thomas Adès were to stage an exhibition of sculpture.

The Berlin film festival is to stage tributes to Alan Rickman and David Bowie, it has been announced.

ITV is to stage the first debate, which will be presented by Alastair Stewart.

In 2017 India is to stage its first Fifa tournament, the Under-17 World Cup.

Raine's achievement is to stage a world governed by the laws of that country.

Stein is to stage all three of Tchaikovsky's Pushkin operas for Lyon over the next two years.